... a pretty cool convo. Catherine ....and her boyfriend Pete were from New York riding a GS. Turns out she was a hardcore rider herself but couldn't afford a bike here so was riding shotguy with her boyfriend. Well this guy was pretty cool he is a retired copper. He started riding australia in December....rode right around it then picked her up in Cains, He had some pretty cool stories. He got caught in floods and lightning storms of the likes he had ...

... what he had to say, but after a while with black clouds overhead and some raindrops falling we decided to make our way back to the caravan.

Had a nice dinner of left over roast chicken and salad, but it was interrupted by an intense rain and hail storm that may have actually been more intense than the one we 'survived' in Bright. At least we know the caravan is waterproof. We just hope that it isn't raining for our pack up in the morning.

... taking the smoothest & fastest lines (just like kayak racing) when I could see around the next bend. These roads and tracks were the best yet and better than any I have ridden before as so quiet, well it was a Monday. I simply loved these roads & scenery so much I kept going past Mt Beauty through Falls Creek(another expensive dead ski resort ...) to Omeo. Omeo oh my word what an Oasis glad I visited ... Caravan ...

... climb wasn't as hard and a bit shorter, and we also got to see a snake, just hanging out !!! Once up the top, we found the lodge, it looked like it was out of the Shining !!! So we took the photos as you do, we then turned around and rode back down.

The following day, we decided to have it off as we were feeling pretty tired, so we jumped in the car to have a look at the climb to Falls Creek as we knew that we would not be able to do ...